With a "growing trend" of booze-fuelled incidents in the Gisborne suburb of Kaiti and in Gisborne's central city, a proposed alcohol ban extension is gaining public support. Gisborne District Council ...

Respected Kiwi writer Maurice Gee - author of 'Plumb' and 'Under the Mountain' - has died, aged 93. Considered one of New Zealand's greatest novelists, his work extended over 50 years. He wrote about ...

The Ministry of Social Development's monthly update shows the number of people on a benefit in New Zealand rose by just over seven percent to 403,311 in that time. The unemployment rate is 5.1 percent ...

The sector is welcoming a $3 million funding boost for the Rural Support Trust over four years to improve access to mental ...

The new Te Ahu a Turanga Highway crossing the Ruahine Ranges is bookmarked on both ends by mahi toi (artwork), by two ...

Current and former police ministers are pointing fingers at each other over slipping standards at the Police College.

Hundreds of people are expected to gather at the historic Owae Marae in Waitara this month to celebrate the legacy of Māui Pōmare, a 20th-century champion of Māori health.

Under legislation introduced by the Australian Government, foreign buyers will be prohibited from purchasing established ...

Auckland Council’s Regional Waterway Protection Fund (RWPF) and Making Space for Rural Water Fund are now open for ...

Part of State Highway 7 in the central South Island that includes Lewis Pass will remain closed overnight after a slip on the ...

Rotorua Police are appealing for the public’s help after a hit-and-run incident this afternoon that left a man critically injured. Emergency services were called to Edmund Road at around 2.15pm after ...

Three property owners have been convicted and fined in the Auckland District Court for serious and prolonged breaches of the ...